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As the state real estate industry continues to roar back, the California Association of Realtors will gather for its annual convention at the Long Beach Convention Center starting Tuesday, with about 8,000 people expected.

Barbara Corcoran – panelist on ABC's “Shark Tank” and a “Today Show” contributor – will deliver the keynote address, describing her ascent from New York City waitress to real estate mogul. The three-day event will include an expo with about 200 vendors, more than three dozen workshops and courses, panel discussions on the future of real estate, and the association's 2014 economic outlook for housing.

Highlights include:

• “Tomorrow's housing,” with Joel Kotkin, a fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and a Register Opinion columnist; Joe Mathews, Arizona State University fellow; and Milken Institute Research Director Perry Wong.

Alain Castro is the new chief executive at Ener-Core Inc., a company in Irvine that makes power generators. Castro was previously president of the North and South American divisions of Akuo Energy.

Dave Sanborne has been promoted from regional vice president to senior vice president and national sales manager at First Financial Corporate Services Inc., an equipment financing provider based in Placentia. Additionally, Lou Haboush joined the company as vice president. He was previously director of business development at Presidio.

William Harriger was hired as senior vice president of compliance at Cymetrix, an Irvine-based company that provides revenue-cycle consultation and outsourcing for health care organizations. Harriger was previously corporate Medicare compliance officer at Centene Corp.

New ventures

Golden State Foods, an Irvine-based food processor and distributor that makes ketchup packets for McDonald's, has acquired KanPak LLC, a beverages and desserts supplier headquarters in Arkansas City, Kan., for an undisclosed amount. Last year, Golden State became a 51 percent majority of KanPak's China division. The new deal gives the company controlling interests in KanPak's operations in Kansas, Connecticut, Canada, Mexico and China.

Vivint Solar, a residential solar installer, opened an office at 1529 E. McFadden St. in Santa Ana this week to coincide with the Solar Decathlon being held at UCI. The company is hiring installation personnel and plans to eventually provide 60 local jobs. Visit vivint.com/careers for job listings and to apply.

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